Occupational sitting time and overweight and obesity in Australian workers

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-97

  Mummery, W Kerry ^a   Schofield, Grant M ^b   Steele, Rebekah ^a   Eakin, Elizabeth G ^c   Brown, Wendy J ^d  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUEENSLAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 22244434599     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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